It looks like the vampire trend is here to stay, leaving fans thirsty for more blood-sucking action. The newly released thriller “Daybreakers” follows the story of Edward Dalton, a vampire hematologist in the year 2019, in which vampires are in charge of the futuristic world that is much the same […]

There are not many places you can go on this planet that offer the chance of skiing down a snowy mountainside and only moments later shredding beautiful blue waves in gorgeous warm weather. The big island of Hawaii is one of these few places. There are 14 recognized climates and […]

#8220;Avatar” is the movie that has brought the people of Earth together by telling the story of a distant planet. In the 12 years since James Cameron released the highest-grossing film of all time, “Titanic,” he has worked on a film that has revolutionized filmmaking. Cameron spent over a decade […]

In a heartbreaking memoir written with honesty, child star Jodie Sweetin, best known to audiences as the cute middle child Stephanie Tanner on the sitcom ” Full House,” writes candidly about her life: growing up in the spotlight, the crumbling of her two marriages, struggles with alcohol and drug abuse […]

As part of the University Strategic Plan Initiative, Activity Hour will be changed from the familiar Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:40 p.m.-2:40 p.m. time slot to the new time of 3 p.m.-4p.m. in fall 2010. “One of the goals of the strategic plan initiative is to enable students to graduate sooner,” […]

Effie Mihopoulos, an artist, intellectual, people person and longtime member of the NEIU community passed away on Thursday, Jan. 14. Mihopoulos was an eccentric character, with her crooked smile, her trademark long black hair tied back in lush ponytail, her ardent feminism, her steadfast devotion to her Greek heritage and […]

A new year often inspires new ideas and new resolutions. This new year also marks a change in leadership for NEIU’s Student Government Association (SGA). Miguel Loeza, formerly the SGA Vice President, was officially sworn in as Acting President on Jan. 12 following a special meeting of the SGA cabinet […]

Senator Dick Durbin (D, IL) spoke to students of NEIU’s American National Government classes on Jan. 12. This previously unannounced lecture struck many students by surprise seeing as how it was barely the second day of classes for some. Nonetheless, Political Science Professors Ellen S. Cannon and Jeffrey Hill escorted […]

Imagine being inexplicably locked up in a private prison with your entire family.  Seems far-fetched?  Hardly.  This is a fact for many immigrants in the aftermath of Sep. 11.  The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a private prison, is responsible for detaining over 80,000 people in the United States.  The […]

If money problems were not hard enough, new students will have an even more difficult time in paying tuition and fees.  During the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 12, Mark Wilcockson, the Vice President of Finance and Administration discussed the decreases of State appropriations and how “student […]